Improvement in book-cases for schools



.in' Book-Cases for Schools,

aura sate aunt (tit-int Letters Patent No. 110,941, dated January 10,1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-CASES FOR SCH OOL S, &c.'

The Schedule referred to in'these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame.

To all whom it hwy concern:

Be it known that I, PETER T. VANNICE, of Kewanee, in the county of Henryand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements860.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description; thereof, reference being hadrto the accompanyingdrawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon which form a partof this specification.

j ,The object of my invention is to create a mechanical structure ororganization for the purpose of holding text-books or library of anyschool, as well ,as such other articles as are most generally used inour common graded schocls,vand which structure I have called a safe forgraded schols.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a perspective wietv of my device.

My safe is composed of two parts-the upper part ,A and the lower part B.This latter part is deeper than the upper part, and all the doors in theentire safe close on a line with the frame, and close with aspring-clasp or bolt, one of which is shown at at. i Theleft-hand'apartrnent O in the upper part is designed for text-books, andis provided with shelves 6 I), which are divided into stalls ordivisions by means of cords, d d, or tape crossing in the center.-,-

' These shelves are to be raised or lowered, to suit the dimensions ofany-sized books, by simply loosening the cord or tape. and making thedesired adj ustment.

. The stalls may also be readily changed narrower or wider, therebyadapting the size of the stall to the thickness of any volume.

This latter change is made by loosening the cord and turning thescrew-eyes so, which support the cord net-work ot' the separations, andplacing them in any other line situated to suit the size of any volume.

Each stall is numbered on the edge of the shelf, and each book has acorresponding number.

Print-ed checks are also used for the different grades of classes in theshcool'generally six, lettered from A to F-each check bearing the nameof an individual in such classon the back, and, when a book is-takenout, the check put in its place will. show who has the book and whatclass such individual belongs to.

These checks are kept in drawers D I), underneath the compartment 0,access to said drawers being gained by opening the drop-door E, whichruns along the entire lower end of the upper part A. and, resting on thelower part B, serves as a writing-desk.

Qn the right-hand. side of the upper part A, is another similarcompartment, 0, intended for the school literary library, stalled andnumbered in the same manner as the formerifl A small drawer, D,' 1i nderthis compartment is fo" the purpose of holding the checks to be used inthe same nranrier as above described for the text-book checks, exceptthat no distinction is made on account of classes.

Above the compartments 0 O is a long compart- "i'nen't, G, for maps,said compartment being closed by held by the doors to.

a molding trap-door, IfiL 'to be the compartments 0 O.' Under thesecompartments aref on the left side, as already mentioned, the drawers 1)D; then ,cp ne two places, I I, for school-register and bianlebdok ofrccords. Next comes a space, J, for a large globe; then a space, K, forthe unabridged school dictionary, above which latter space is the drawerD, leaving a large space, L, to the right "-for the deposit of any otherschool apparatus. v

In the lower part B -o f my safe-,"on the left side, is a compartment,M, having three drawers, N' N, lettered for the six'olasses to containthe slates; that is, each drawer is divided in two, and has two lettersanswering for two classes.

On the'right side' is a similarcompartment, M, with divided and lettereddrawers for \\-'riting'-books. Each slate and writing-book is numbered,:and, when one istaken out,,a check is deposited in its place, the sameas described for the text-books, so that the teacher can at any time seehow many of the school-books, &c.,-are out, and in whose hands they are.

Another drawer, O, at'thc center is for chalk, ink, pens, rubbers, andothers ndries of a school-room.

The advantages of this safe will be readily appreciated by all teachersof our public schools. Having thus fully described myinvention,

hVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The shelves 1) 1), divided into stalls or division's by cords ortapes (I l,,all arranged to operate as set forth.

2. A book-casefor schools, arranged with shelves b b, cords (Z (Z,drawers D I) N N 0, compartmentsU 0' GM M, and drop-door E, receptaclesJ K L, as

and for the purpose set forth.

In testimohythat I claim the foregoing as my own affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

PETER T. VANNIOE.

Witnesses:

R. F. BAILEY, A. H. OHAFFEE.

